graphical Index to the Historians of Mohamedan India." When it is recollected that these works were prepared during moments wrung, with difficulty, from official duties, which were never neglected, the energy, not less than the erudition, of the writer will excite admiration.

At the Cape, where Sir Henry enjoyed greater leisure, though unfortunately embittered by ill health, he resumed his literary pursuits; and it is believed that he has left ready for the press three additional volumes of his "Bibliographical Index." If he have left no materials remaining for the completion of his philological work, it is greatly to be regretted.

CORRESPONDENCE.

INCREASE OF ENGINEERS IN INDIA.

TO THE EDITOR OF ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL. SIR,- It appears that an increase of the engineers at the various presidencies is a measure deemed necessary, as, under present circumstances, it undoubtedly is. It is said it will take place as soon as there are enough supernumeraries to form the battalions. As delay is inexpedient, allow me to ask, Why not take a certain number of 2nd lieutenants of artillery, such as shall be found best qualified? When the expedition against the Isle of France was commenced, Lieutenant John Cheape of the artillery, now Colonel Sir John Cheape of the engineers, and Lieutenant John Colvin, were selected for engineer service. Lieutenant-General Tickell was also removed from the artillery. Why is the same course not taken now, when officers are wanted? The artillery possesses as able officers as ever it did; and if a selection were judiciously made, there can be no doubt that the result would be beneficial to the public interest, by enabling the Government to take a necessary step immediately, which must otherwise be postponed to an indefinite period. AN OLD BENGAL OFFICER.

Oriental Club, Feb. 1st, 1854.

THE EAST-INDIA DIRECTION.-On Wednesday last, the 8th instant, Mr. Loch announced to the Court of Directors of the East-India Company, that it was not his intention to offer himself as a candidate for a seat in the Direction at the election of fifteen Directors, which, pursuant to the Act of last session, will take place on the 8th of March next. Mr. Loch's address, which intimates this intention to the proprietors of East-India Stock, will be found in another part of this paper.

SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.

JAN. 30. Celestial, Palmer, Foochow foo; Ramilies, Hodder, Madras.31. Steamer Propontis, Maud, Bengal and Cape; City of Carlisle, Storey, Bengal; Favourite, Duthie, Algoa Bay; Mary Montague, Barclay, Batavia; Ganges, Rose, Madras; Monarch, Duff, Shanghai (to Rotterdam).FEB. 1. Henry Ware, Nason, Bengal.-2. Eliza, Warwick, Maulmain (to Bristol); Antagonist, Blake, Manila; Courier, Davison, Bombay.-3. Owen Potter, Banks, Mauritius (to Bristol); Fleetwood, Wilson, Mauritius (to Clyde); Nerbudda, Crawford, Shanghai.-7. Cordelia, McKenzie, Madras and Pondicherry.-8. Diamond, Irvine, Mauritius.-9. Ballarat, Jones, Melbourne; Bromleys, Knox, Cape; Lavinia, Aubin, Madras and Calingapatam; Golden State, Doty, Shanghai; Earl of Shaftesbury, Pickering, Madras and Pondicherry; Alipore, Freeman, Hong-Kong; Ostrich, Stephenson, Mauritius.-11. Hindoo, Rogers, Bengal; Titania, Good, Mauritius.-13. Highlander, Thompson, Mauritius.

PASSENGERS EXPECTED AT SOUTHAMPTON.

Per steamer Himalaya (Feb. 16).-Dr. Gamble, Mr. Fairfax, Mr. Barker, Mr. Lee, Dr. Caile, Mr. Wills, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Goach, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Hudson, Don Valero, Mr. Martinez, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Mr. Bray, Capt. and Mrs. Taylour and 4 children, Col. Holditch, Lieut. Marshall, Dr. Govan, Mr. B. Smith, Mr. Thompson, Capt. Campbell, Mr. Hawkins, Lieut. Stewart, Mr. Umphelby, Mr. J. A. Olding, Mr. and Mrs. Harman and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Brown and 2 infants, Mr. Bruere, Capt. Singleton, Capt. Showers, Lieut. and Mrs. Walker and 2 children, Mr. Farrance, Mr. Stark, Mr. Southey, Mr. Wade, Capt. Cooper, Comdt. Lambert, Lieut. Robson, Capt. Yates, Capt. Wrixon, Mr. Rumble, Mr. Carp, Mrs. Leighton and 2 children, Mrs. Crispin, Capt. and Mrs. Potts, Mr. Revell, Mr. Gough, Capt. Rowan, Lieut. Bowan, Mr. Ximines, Mr. Dennison, Mr. Bigge, Lieut. Sidebottom, Capt. and Mrs. Green, Commr. C. May, Lieut. Capon, Lieut. Percivall, Lieut. Nott, Commr. Mends, Lieut. Balfour, Lieut. Patterson, Lieut. and Mrs. Eastwicke.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per General Screw Company's steamer Propontis (Jan. 31), at SOUTHAMPTON, Mrs. Needs and child, Mr. G. Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Mr. Oden, Dr. Morris, Capt. and Mrs. Ward and 2 children, Miss Sibourn, Capt. and Mrs. Romer and 2 children, Lieut. Clifton, Mr. Crump, Mr. J. J. Frost, jun. Capt. Gorden.

DEPARTURES.

From the DowNS. FEB. 2. Queen of the Wave, Stork, Madras; St. Abbs, Rose, Calcutta; Progress, Henderson, Calcutta; William

Fotheringham, Babbidge, Calcutta; Malabar, Noaks, Madras.-10. Morning Star, Clark, Ceylon; Lady Franklin, Knowles, Algoa Bay; Saxon, Taylor (from Sunderland), Aden; Lismoyne, King, Madras.

PASSENGERS DEPARted.

Per steamer Indus, from SOUTHAMPTON (Feb. 4), to proceed per steamer Bombay, from SUEZ. For MALTA.-Capt. and Mrs. Goodenough, Rev. W. C. Bishop, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Roberts and 4 children, Capt. Hinde, Capt. Meredith, Dr. J. Davidson, Mr. Hartwell. For ALEXANDRIA.-Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Lady Pirie, Mr. Monk. For SUEZ.-Capt. Hotham, Mrs. Macintrye, Mr. Lane, Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. Mc Gillivray, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bell, jun.; Lieut. Elphinstone, Col. Markham. Capt. King, Mr. Twynam, Mr. A. Travers, Mr. C. Gonne, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Fullerton, Mr. and Mrs. Wight. For CEYLON.-Mr. Barnes, Lieut. R. Newboldt. For MADRAS.-Miss Butler, Mr. Franteylugin, Mrs. Horne, Mr. H. Frazer, Mr. H. Clarke, Mr. Hargood. For CALCUTTA.-Mr. Remayne, Mr. R. Grant, Miss Money, Mr. Latour, Lieut. Forbes, Mr. H. Medlicott, Miss Gilbert, Mrs. Col. Abbott, Capt. Tapp, Mr. S. Harrison. For PENANG.Mrs. Hemley, Mr. Lamond. For SINGAPORE.-Mr. J. Guthrie, Mr. Freidericks, Mr Heydorn.

DOMESTIC.

BIRTHS.

ANSTRUTHER, the wife of Philip, s. at Leamington, Feb. 3.

BECHER, the wife of Capt. S. J., 11th Bengal N.I., d. at Tramore, Ireland, Jan. 29.

CURRIE, the wife of W. C., s. at Esher, Feb. 8.

DALRYMPLE, the wife of Charles E., s. at Ellon Castle, N. B. Feb. 1.

HEATHCOTE, the wife of the Rev. William B., d. at Wells, Somerset, Jan. 25.

HUNTER, the wife of Lieut. Frederick E., 4th Bombay Rifle Corps, s. at Eshald-house, near Oulton, Jan. 30.

STEVENSON, the wife of James, late superintending surgeon, Madras Establishment, d. at 11, St. Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh, Feb. 10.

MARRIAGES.

BOVILLE, Edward C., to Louisa M., d. of the late Try Magniac,
Bengal Civil Service, at Bath, Feb. 9.
CAMPBELL, George, of the Inner Temple, and Bengal civil service,
s. of Sir George, to Letitia M., d. of the late Thomas G. Vibart,
B. C. S., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Feb. 2.

JACKSON, George, M. Lieut. R.N. to Mary J. d. of Peter Auber, late secretary of the East India Company, at St. Paul's church, Mill Hill, Middlesex, Feb. 10.

PHILLPOTTS, Capt. John T. 66th, or Goorkha regt. Bengal N.I.
s. of the Lord Bishop of Exeter, to Susan, d. of the Rev. Thomas
Kitson, at St. Mary's church, Torquay, Devon, Jan. 5.
QUAIN, Richard, M.D. to Isabella, A. d. of the late Capt. George
Wray, Bengal Establishment, at St. Mary's, Newington, Jan. 31.
SIMONS, Alfred P. Bengal artillery, to Catharine A. d. of the late
Edward Stock, at West Ham, Essex, Jan. 28.

DEATHS.

ELLIOT, Sir Henry Miers, K.C.B. foreign_secretary to the Government of India, third son of the late John, of Pimlico Lodge, Westminster, at Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, aged 45, Dec. 20.

LOCH, William D. Lieut. R.N. s. of Francis E. Rear Admiral of the White, fr. the effects of a wound in the head by the falling of a block on board H. M.'s S. Agamemnon, at Malta, Jan. 18. LUMSDEN, Harry G. s. of James G. Bombay civil service, at Wantage, Berks, aged 18, Jan. 25.

LUTWIDGE, Maj. T. Madras army, at Weston-super Mare, aged 74, Feb. 3.

MAYNE, Aurea, O. daughter of Capt. H. O. at Fosbury House, Wilts, Jan. 18.

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.

Lennox, 23rd N.I.; Capt. R. Ranken, 35th N.I.; Lieut. D. T. Barnard, 52nd N.I.

Bombay Estab.-Lieut. R. M. Hammond, 20th N.I.

MARINE.

Bombay Estab.-Capt. H. B. Lynch, c.в., Indian Navy.

10th Lt. Drags.-Major John Wilkie, to be lieut. col. by purchase, v. Tritton, who retires. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.-Capt. George Augustus Beauclerk to be major, by purchase, v. Wilkie. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.-Lieut. John Wilrond Clarke to be capt., by purchase, v. Beauclerk. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.-Cornet James Alston Clark to be lieut., by purchase, v. Clarke. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.

53rd Foot.-Alfred Kirke Ffrench, gent., to be ens., by purchase, v. Brooke, appointed to the 95th Foot. Dated 10th Feb. 1854. 83rd Foot.-Ens. William Fitzroy, to be lieut., by purchase, v. Richardson, who retires. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.-Ens. Graham Mylne, from the 95th Foot, to be ens., v. Fitzroy. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.

86th Foot.-Ens. Robert Edward Henry, to be lieut. by purchase, v. Edward Baker Weaver, who retires. Dated 10th Feb. 1854. -Ens. Alfred Robert Ord, from the 54th Foot, to be ens., v. Henry. Dated 10th Feb. 1854.

Per Malabar, for Madras, from Gravesend, Feb. 1, 150 Company's troops. Per Lismoyne, for Madras, from Gravesend, Feb. 3, 150 Company's troops.

BOOKS.

Memoirs and Correspondence of Henry St. George Tucker, late Accountant-General of Bengal and Chairman of the EastIndia Company. By J. W. KAYE. Vol. II. London, 1854. Bentley.

THIS volume has made its appearance since our last issue; and as its character is essentially "Anglo-Indian," it would be wrong not to devote a column of this number to the consideration of its claims to notice. It was heralded, last summer, by a valuable collection of Mr. Tucker's Minutes on questions relating to the government of India, which was launched very seasonably at the time of the Charter discussions, and which was calculated to throw considerable light on all those vexed administrative questions, then the theme of popular discourse. It should, however, be mentioned, that to a certaiu extent this volume appears under false colours. It is brought out as complete in itself; but it is certainly a second volume of "Memorials of Indian Government," though it is nowhere stated to be such.

The present volume is nothing less than a "Memoir" of Mr. Tucker's public and private life; and if all the "Memoirs " which swamp the press, and pour themselves through the literary outlets of the metropolis-from the publisher's boutique to the bookvender's stall-contained half as much in them to interest and to improve, there would be little occasion for caustic comments on the memoir-writing mania under which a section of our countrymen unhappily labour.

Tho book comes most entirely within our province, inasmuch as it contains much that might be quarrelled for and claimed by the historian of India, and much that cannot fail deeply to interest the Anglo-Indian-be he the literary lounger of Hanover Square, tasting the delights of the dolce far niente, at the close of his Eastern career; or the responsible man in office," up to his ears in ponderous despatches, in a secluded corner of a ponderous mansion in Leadenhall Street.

The first chapter mainly consists of quotations from an unfinished "autobiography," penned by Mr. Tucker himself. This "fragment" is full of interesting matter connected with his early life in Bermuda, school-life at Hampstead, and midshipman-life on board the William Pitt, eastward-bound; and regarding it as an introduction, at the outset, to the character of the subject of the Memoir, nothing could be better. The perusal of it, indeed, predisposes us, in no common degree, to look with a friendly eye on the future career of the youth whose early years were steeped in trouble, and to follow him to the end with no common degree of

interest.

We can afford in this place but a cursory glance at the history of his official life in India, embracing as it did a most important period; and must perforce leave our readers to make themselves acquainted with the narrative of his rapid rise in the service, of the great things done by him as accountant-general on two memorable occasions, and of his final departure from India, where the best years of his life had been spent, and where he had laboured so long and so successfully for the prosperity of the Government and the good of the people.

It is a narrative of duties performed-services executed-and honour won; and the present generation of civil servants of the Company in India will do well to lay hold of it as a text-book, and to profit by the lessons which it conveys.

Anecdotes of the imperial Governor-General, and of others besides, alternate very pleasantly with private correspondence and historic detail in this part of the volume; and although the subject of the Memoir stands, as he ought to stand, ever in the foreground, and our attention is never wholly diverted from the contemplation of his character and career-there is room on the canvas for sketches of some of his friends.

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The second section carries us home to the India House; and we find ourselves plunged-not by any means disagreeably-into its elections, its politics, its systems, and its struggles with the Board. A capital chapter is evoked by those stirring encounters between the two administrative authorities in this country which rendered the years 1832 and 1834 memorable in the annals of Leadenhall Street. Then was it that the "mandamus lowered over the horizon; and Cannon Row, in a more than usually warlike mood, threatened greater things than destiny chose to fulfil. Certain very spirited minutes, from the pen of Mr. Tucker, are here inserted; minutes which appeared in the Blue Books relating to the Hyderabad and Oude cases some twenty years ago; but which, were it not for their present resuscitation, might have

shared the fate of all those able documents which-condemned to these Parliamentary sepulchres-too often remain unread, save by the daring few."

These very interesting protests-presented as they are in their own original form-will vividly recall to the mind of many a reader old days, when they listened in Court to the spirited addresses which fell from the lips of the writer, and when they heard him enunciate, with the fervour of earnest sincerity, those views of the right, those convictions of justice, which the records of his pen still powerfully pronounce.

A subsequent chapter of the book is devoted to the "Afghan War." Here the public are given some insight into the proceedings of the Leadenhall Street Conclave during that never-to-beforgotten season. Here we are made still further acquainted with the active part taken by Mr. Tucker to avert the impending disasters. We mark his steadfast, consistent adherence, from the first, to the principles of non-interference with the affairs of Persia-we note his early opposition to the project of establishing a commercial agency at Caubul-(an opposition which dates as far back as the year 1834); and we listen to his warning remonstrances against that fatal policy, which closed, as he predicted it would close, in disaster and disgrace.

Forcibly does the book expose the "rare justice" with which the East-India Company have been visited. Ministers involve themselves (nolens volens) in ruinous undertakings, destructive alike to their finances and their fame, and then cast on their treasury the whole burden of measures, against which they might indeed protest, but which they could not prevent.

And Mr. Tucker did protest. He protested right manfully; but his efforts carried with them little reward, save in the witness of his own conscience and the approving testimony of such men as Metcalfe. "You," wrote this able statesman, "were one of the few who condemned our mad policy in Afghanistan, when all the world applauded; and although you could not prevent it, your opposition must ever redound to your honour."

We are given some remarkable letters addressed by Mr. Tucker to the Duke of Wellington and others on this momentous subject, and a quotation from one of them will not be unacceptable to our readers :

"About five years ago," writes Mr. Tucker, in the year 1838, "when I held the situation of chairman of the Court, I ventured to urge an opinion that our concerns in Persia, in consequence of the position and movements of Russia, had become an European, and not an Asiatic question-that it was impossible to meet and counteract Russia at Teheran-that we might lavish our money upon a weak and corrupt Court-but that we could not assist it with a military force sufficient to secure its independence as against Russia, whose armies were at hand; and that, therefore, our obvious policy was to operate upon Russia in Europe.

"I was also adverse to the project of establishing a mission at Caubul. The professed object was to extend our commerce with Central Asia by the Indus; but it appeared to me certain that our agency would assume a political character, and that we should soon be mixed up in all the perplexed politics of the Afghans; and even if we should succeed in opening a commercial road through the Punjab, or otherwise, to Afghanistan, we should only make a military road from that country to Hindostan, which appeared to me to be by no means desirable.

"Your Grace is aware that, about this time, the Persian embassy was transferred to his Majesty's Government, the East-India Company undertaking to defray the charge, to the extent of 12,0007. per annum; while the idea of establishing an agency at Caubul was for the time abandoned.

"But that which I had deprecated, and which it was my great object to prevent-a military movement from India-has now actually taken place; and from certain indications, I am persuaded that it has taken place under orders from this country. The transfer of our Persian relations to his Majesty's Government has, therefore, I apprehend, brought upon us the very evil which it was intended to prevent. The late Sir Robert Grant would never, I am satisfied, have made that pitiful demonstration in the Persian Gulf without authority from hence; nor would Lord Auckland, who has shown great prudence in other instances-have embarked, I think, in so fearful an enterprise without express authority from home. The evil, then, originating here, it is only in this country that its progress can be arrested."

After a brief summary of what appeared to him to be the then state of things, and the position in which we had placed ourselves, the writer proceeds to say :

"In fine, if some decided steps be not speedily taken for the purpose of averting the evils which seem to impend over us, we shall not long, I fear, be able to say that the sun never sets upon the dominions of Great Britain; or at least, we shall not be able to say that its widely extended possessions are the source of strength, power, and prosperity to the parent country."

And in a letter addressed to another English statesman in the following year, we find this stirring passage :-

"I have been in India under critical circumstances; but I have

never had the same apprehension of danger as at the present moment. Your Lordship will perceive the feeling which prevails on the spot from the accompanying extract; but although there may be some exaggeration in the statement, it is corroborated in its leading features by the information which I receive from other quarters. I do hope that your Lordship and others, who really know India, will take some decided step. To know what is right, and to see what is wrong, without endeavouring to enforce the one and to avert the other, is to incur, I think, serious responsibility. We all deprecate the loss of Canada as a national calamity; but what is Canada to our Eastern empire?"

Much that is historical-much that is political-may be garnered up by the reader of this "Memoir " by one of India's best friends and ablest champions; but the book has an interest beyond this. It reveals to us a page of domestic history, and shows us that, besides that "outer life" of political struggle and administrative action in which Mr. Tucker was continually immersed, there was an inner life granted to him, into which no official cares, no perplexing debates, no public distractions were suffered to enter. All these he cast off, as he entered his home, at the close of the day of labour: and happy, indeed, is the man who has strength of will sufficient to enable him so to do! Too often is the statesman the slave of his work; rarely can he pass at once from harassing thought to home enjoyment-rarely shake off the last remnant of official care, and possess himself in undisturbed serenity of mind.

Our limits restrain us from lengthening our notice of this book. Its circulation will, we think, be great among the ever-widening class of those to whom "India" is becoming more and more å very "household word." We rejoice that Mr. Tucker has found a biographer. It is for the good of the various Indian services that the career of those who have especially distinguished themselves therein should be set before them for example and imitation. It is meet that public devotion and private virtues should not be left unnoticed and unknown. The name of Henry St. George Tucker will be held in honour as long as shall endure the remembrance of how faithfully he served the State, how diligently he laboured in his official sphere, and how bravely he contended for the rights of that people whose welfare was the object of his most earnest aspirations throughout the whole course of his distinguished career.

The Bhilsa Topes; or Buddhist Monuments of Central India: comprising a brief historical Sketch of the Rise and Fall of Buddhism, with an Account of the opening and examination of the various Groups of Topes around Bhilsa. By BrevetMajor ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, Bengal Engineers. London, 1854. Smith, Elder, and Co.

THIS is a book which antiquaries will be eager to devour. To etymologists and those anxious to trace the descent of nations and to investigate the various marks, lingual or otherwise, which connect the great family of man, the work will also be most acceptable; and not less so to those specially interested in the East, its history, traditions, manners, habits, and superstitions. It is pleasing to find the military servants of the East-India Company occupying their leisure in liberal pursuits, rather than in drinking and smoking, with perhaps the additional stimulus of gambling, avocations which not only consume time and money, but yield no return save a diseased body and an enfeebled or distracted mind. Throughout India are dispersed objects of rational curiosity suited to every variety of taste, among which officers like Major Cunningham promptly make their selection, in accordance with their peculiar mental constitution or acquired habits.

Hungary, Past and Present; embracing its History from the Magyar Conquest to the present Time. With a Sketch of Hungarian Literature. By EMERIC SZABAD, late Secretary under the Hungarian National Government of 1849. Edinburgh, 1854. A. and C. Black.

We suspect that there are few people, even among those called the educated classes, who know much more of Hungary than they know of the moon. Indeed, all that most persons even profess to know is, that it is a country which a few years since was the scene of political convulsions, which furnished endless columns of newspaper report and newspaper discussion, that were in the usual mode duly read and duly forgotten. If any one were to ask where he could learn something of the history of this country, even a tolerably well-read person would find it difficult to inform him. Here is just the book that is wanted. It supplies a gap in our literature; it is brief, and it will neither occupy much time in the perusal nor overload the memory with that which is not worth remembering; for the various divisions are duly proportioned to the respective interest and importance of each; those having the better claims to notice being more full, those relating to less stirring matters more contracted.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen,

Had it pleased Parliament to preserve the present constitution of the Court of Directors of the East-India Company, I should, while honoured with your support, have continued to be a member of that body, so long as Providence vouchsafed to me health and unimpaired faculties,

But the Act of last session has prescribed that the number of Directors shall be immediately reduced to fifteen, exclusive of three to be named by the Crown, and that the first three vacancies in the fifteen shall be also filled up by her Majesty. Although, from the kind feeling manifested towards me by my colleagues, I could with reasonable confidence have offered myself for election as one of the fifteen, yet, I must confess, that at my advanced age it would not be satisfactory to my feelings to occupy a position so important to your interests, which might otherwise be more permanently filled, and not less beneficially.

The Act has imposed upon the Directors and ex-Directors the selection from among themselves of the reduced number. This is a task which I would be desirous of avoiding; but, as a public man long connected with India and deeply interested in its good government, I cannot reconcile it to my sense of propriety to shrink from the performance of this important duty, however painful and invidious. I shall therefore remain until the close of the official year, to assist my colleagues in their endeavour to make the best selection of members for the new Court.

Permit me to express to you my deep sense of gratitude for the confidence with which you have so long honoured me. It has been my endeavour faithfully to execute my trust. I resign it not without regret, having always felt a deep interest in the duty it involves, and I shall to my latest hour cherish an earnest solicitude for the prosperity of our magnificent empire in the East, and the happiness and welfare of its vast population.

I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your faithful, humble servant,

East-India House, February 9, 1854.

JOHN LOCH.

PANY, No. 1, Lombard-street, London.

Gold.

132 760

Singapore

Hong Kong

Henry Hulse Berens, Esq.

Canton

DIRECTORSLIKE

CHAIRMAN-SIR WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN-FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq.

John Dixon, Esq.

Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., M.P.

John Harvey, Esq.

John G. Hubbard, Esq.

George Johnstone, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

A. W. Robarts, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.

Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.

Henry Norman, Esq.

Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.

John Thornton, Esq.

James Tulloch, Esq.

Henry Vigne, Esq.

AUDITORS.

Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. SECRETARY.-Geo. Keys, Esq. ACTUARY.-Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.-Under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, this Company now offers to future insurers FOUR-FIFTHS of the PROFITS, with QUINQUENNIAL DIVISION, or a Low RATE of PREMIUM without participation of profits.

The next division of profits will be declared in June, 1855, when all participating policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1854, will be allowed to share in the profits.

At the several past divisions of profits made by this Company, the reversionary bonuses added to the policies from one-half the profits, amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, and the total bonuses added at the four septennial divisions exceeded 770,000l.

FOREIGN RISKS.-The extra premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced.

INVALID LIVES.-Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their lives at the tabular premiums, may have their lives insured at extra premiums.

LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, provided such policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501.

ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.-Written notices of, received and registered.

MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for policy stamps.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.-Insurances effected upon every description of property, at the usual rates.